The Light Shines in the Darkness

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The divine light shines into the darkness of our lives and world. We often overlook it or misunderstand it, ignore it or hate it. But it is never extinguished.

 

 

THE DIVINE LIGHT SHINES

 

The divine light of Jesus Christ shines into the darkness of our lives.

It provides inspiration and guidance. It gives us hope and strengthens our faith. It helps us overcome our fears. It helps us be more fruitful for the kingdom of God.

It is a harbinger of grace. It gives us indicators of God’s will for our lives. It makes us agents of unity instead of disunity. It might even bring healing.

It convicts us of wrongdoing. It leads us in the path of godliness and joy. It gives us the strength we need for adversity. It helps us grow in the power of God. It delivers us from evil.

As individuals, we often overlook it or misunderstand it, ignore it or hate it. Then we fall into complaining and arguing. We risk becoming the bad guys, falling into great evils such as greed or racism or even antisemitism.

But the divine light is never extinguished.

 

BIBLE VERSES

 

Exodus 10:23. They didn’t see one another, and nobody rose from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

Job 28:3. They know how to shine light in the darkness and explore the farthest regions of the earth as they search in the dark for ore. (New Living Translation)

2 Esdras 6:40. Then you commanded a ray of light to be brought out of your treasuries, that your works might then appear.

John 1:5. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.

John 3:19. This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

 

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